The money will go towards clearing the airline’s historic debt and may not be the last downpayment
Load-shedding and a drastic decline in rail and port capacity have cost mining billions, but there are massive opportunities waiting to be seized
Companies are withholding investment – despite the commodity boom’s bounty – in the face of constraints to exports and exploration
Chief executive has recently come to blows with the Minerals Council South Africa, which called for her axing in a leaked letter
Ramaphosa calls on the private sector and labour to work with Transnet and the government to fix escalating problems
According to the Minerals Council, logistical constraints induced by the railway’s setbacks have cost mining industry R51 billion in exports
Logistical constraints caused production to fall 6% in 2022, according to the mining industry employer organisation
Obsessive consultation is a pronounced feature of Ramaphosa’s leadership style, however, it has done him – and the country – few favours
The mining industry suffers when there are problems with electricity supply, infrastructure and transport
There’s not just one person to blame for decades of mismanagement of an electricity crisis that was made known some 25 years ago
Despite new management, problems that are costing the economy dearly continue to compound. Can the logistical behemoth turn the tide?
Private sector investment is needed to solve the country’s logistics problems but poor rail infrastructure will prevent this from happening
A healthier public purse could signal better days ahead, but a lot remains to be seen
The minister’s medium-term budget policy statement had to balance the fiscal risk of state-owned entities and the threat their collapse posed for the economy
With a take-over of Eskom’s debt looming, the finance minister found no indulgence for other struggling parastatals
Inadequate rail capacity has pushed more trucks, and costs, onto municipal roads, which are steadily deteriorating
Eskom, Transnet and the public sector wage bill will feature large in next week’s medium-term budget policy statement
Commentators have weighed in on the Transnet strike’s economic hit, but strike season isn’t over yet
The United Transport & Allied Trade Union has accepted a three-year settlement and will end its industrial action with immediate effect
The Palm Ridge court granted a postponement to allow the full contents of the docket to be made availed to Brian Molefe, Anoj Singh and their co-accused
The crisis at the state logistics company began costing the economy long before the industrial action
The industrial action is the latest in a series of economy-hitting upsets for the state logistics company
More workers have joined the strike as unions face off with Transnet at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
Workers are in the throes of a cost of living crisis, which could force the government to fold on its hard line against more spending
Transnet says it can’t afford to pay employees more
The Gupta era exposed the flaws in the country’s anti-money laundering framework and now the government is dealing with the consequences
The Transnet fraud was granted permission to travel abroad this month to see his family
The net will have to be cast wider if the perpetrators of State capture are to be brought to book
For Brian Molefe and Ajoj Singh, the Transnet locomotives are coming home to roost
The two Transnet executive appeared in court along with Regiments Capital directors Niven Pillay and Litha Nyhonyha
Two former Transnet executives and two Regiments Capital officials were arrested on Monday morning
Transnet’s former chief executive Siyabonga Gama will return to court in August